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There are no favours. And boy, Baa Tambadou isn't perfect. He's a sinner that refuses to repent for his sins against divine right of freedom...

Letters: Why forming a National Development Party, NDP is wrong

Dear Editor, Forming this party could be wrong in law, wrong in principle, and wrong in ethics. This post title is predicated on the rule of...

Letters: Letter to the Minister of Higher Education on GTTI university fiasco

  Honourable Minister and my dear respected koto, I salute you with great reverence and with good reasons for that respect: You have always been a...

Letters : You failed this PR stunt, Mr Tangara

  Dear editor, I read the story of Foreign Minister, Mamadou Tangara's lame excuse distancing himself from the atrocities of the Yahya Jammeh regime. Not so fast....

Letters: Political opportunism and corruption breed underdevelopment

  Dear editor, Barely fifty years and counting since Africa gained independence from Europe, every effort to develop the continent has been constrained by the political...

Recommendation for Bridging the Technology Application Gap in Gambian Agro-Rural Setting: A message for the Transition Government and GAF in Particular.

Suruwa B. Wawa Jaiteh Your Excellency, Adama Barrow; Evidence from detailed case studies and analysis of the patterns of small-farmer adoption of introduced technologies teach...

Letters : What is the Department of Physical Planning doing?

Dear Editor Onboard a taxi in Serekunda the other day, we meandered through a snail-slow traffic only to come to a halt at a dead...

Letters: Rohey Malick Lowe deserves national accolade

  Dear editor, On Friday 5 July 2019, I passed through Banjul to North Bank Region to investigate an incident at that end. However, I was not...

Thursday’s #IamToufah march was a missed opportunity for many and a letdown

Simon Sabally Sexual violence is abhorrent and sickening! Rape as a form of sexual violence and abuse is unholy, demeaning to the victim and despicable. Therefore,...

Letters: Inconsistencies in Toufa’s claims

Dear editor, The inconsistencies in so-called Toufah's rape allegation needs to be questioned. Is there any DNA that supports her allegation? No DNA. Is there any evidence...

Yankuba Touray chooses hard and long road to justice

By Basidia M Drammeh Murder trials before the High Court take long and difficult time. From filing of the bill of indictment to arraignment and...

Letters: Lawyers have a prima facie duty to defend rule of law

  Dear editor, Lawyers must stand up for what is true, what is honorable, what is right, what is pure, what is of good repute, what...

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Canada, Netherlands join Gambia’s fight for Rohingyas

Press release On November 11th 2019, The Gambia filed a lawsuit at The Hague demanding accountability on the systematic violations of the rights of minority...